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Period: 1500 to
Imperialism
Imperialism is the expansion of one's own territory or of the same influence by virtue of dominating other countries and forming a unit. Domination can be territorial, as in colonialism, cultural or economic, or a combination of all three factors. -
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Emigration and life in colonies
Europe saw an unprecedented growth in population from 1800-1900 -
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Second Opium War
A conflict that not only forced that narcotic drug deep into China's politics, public health, and economics but also cemented the country's status as both a prize and a battleground for Euro-American imperialist. -
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Sepoy Mutiny
Sepoy Mutiny or First War of Independence, widespread but unsuccessful rebellion against British rule in India in 1857–59. -
Canadian confederation
Process by which three British North American provinces, the Province of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick, were united into one federation called the Dominion of Canada, -
Suez canal
Suez Canal was opened to navigation. Ferdinand de Lesseps would later attempt, unsuccessfully, to build a canal across the Isthmus of Panama. When it opened, the Suez Canal was only 25 feet deep, 72 feet wide at the bottom, and 200 to 300 feet wide at the surface. -
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imperial expansion
Countries like Great Britain and France created empires by conquerin land in Africa and Asia -
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2nd industrial revolution
The Second Industrial Revolution was a period of rapid industrial development, it was characterized by the construction of railways, the large-scale production of iron and steel, the widespread use of machinery in manufacturing, the intensive use of steam, the widespread use of the telegraph, the use of oil and start of electrification. -
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Population explosion in europe
agricultural reforms industrialisation and advances in medicine and hygiene caused a huge reduction in the death rate in europe. -
Invention of the telephone
Telephones made it easier for businesses to communicate with each other. As the telephone network grew, it also expanded the area that a business could reach. -
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Mahdist war
The Mahdist war was a political and religious movement started in 1881 in Sudan that sought to reform Islam and expel the Ottoman-Egyptians. -
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Berlin confrerence
Known as The Berlin Conference, they sought to discuss the partitioning of Africa, establishing rules to amicably divide resources among the Western countries at the expense of the African people. -
oil invention
Oil was invented in 1885, it was the base to combustion of cars -
Berlin conference
Regulated European colonization and trade in Africa during the New Imperialism period. -
Fashoda incident
The Fashoda Accident or Fashoda Crisis were the episodes that took place between 1898 and 1899, when France and the United Kingdom decided to build two railway lines to connect their respective African colonies. -
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Boxer rebellion
The Boxer Rebellion was a movement against the commercial, political, religious, and technological influence of Westerners in China. -
Battle of Kousséri
The Battle of Kousséri originated in the French plans to occupy the Chari-Baguirmi region. In 1899-1900, the French organized three armed columns, one from northern Congo, one east of Niger and one south from Algeria. -
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Russo japanese war
The main cause of the Russo-Japanese War was the territorial claims both countries ( Russia and Japan) made on Manchuria (an area partly in Russia and partly in China) and the Empire of Korea. -
Invention of mass production
Mass production was popularized in the late 1910s and 1920s by Henry Ford's Ford Motor Company, which introduced electric motors to the then-well-known technique of chain or sequential production -
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French indochina war
The French-held garrison at Dien Bien Phu in Vietnam fell after a four month siege led by Vietnamese nationalist Ho Chi Minh. After the fall of Dien Bien Phu, the French pulled out of the region.